In Broadcast - April 2015 - 4

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www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 5 - Issue 4 | April 2015

InNews
Imagine Intros
CloudXtream

USA: Imagine Communications has
introduced CloudXtream, a cloud
video platform designed to meet
a growing and complex array of
video distribution requirements.
Charlie Vogt, CEO, Imagine Communications described CloudXtream as "designed for media
networks,
broadcasters
and
service providers to enable a
better, faster and more affordable experience for consumers".
Powered by Zenium, Imagine
Communications' next generation workﬂow manager, the initial
components of the modular CloudXtream platform include cloudDVR and Dynamic Ad Insertion.

Avid Extends
Pro Tools

USA: Avid has announced that Pro
Tools | Duet and Pro Tools | Quartet
now include extra beneﬁts that
make them "unbeatable value for
customers". A purchase of Pro
Tools | Duet or Pro Tools | Quartet
now includes the choice of two Avid
plug-ins, plus a free year of Pro
Tools upgrades and support.
Avid value this at nearly US$1,000,
and delivers on Avid Everywhere
by providing artists and music
creators with the industry-leading
tools they need.

SGL Integrates
With Aspera

USA: SGL has announced its
integration with high-speed ﬁle
transfer software provider Aspera.
Using the latest version of
SGL's FlashNet archive solution,
broadcasters and content owners
can now transfer media to a
private or commercial cloud at a
guaranteed speed beneﬁtting from
an additional means of storage and
disaster recovery workﬂows.
The SGL integration with Aspera
means that broadcasters and
content owners can quickly and
easily transfer material directly to
the cloud from their MAM system
using SGL FlashNet.

NEP Is To Acquire Mediatec
Group For Undisclosed Sum
M

ediatec is one of Europe's largest
providers of integrated technical
solutions for event and television
productions.
"Mediatec is truly a leader in the
broadcast and live events industries
in Europe, and we are excited to have
their entire team join NEP," said NEP
CEO Kevin Rabbitt. "We see fantastic
opportunity for growth in Europe, and
I look forward to working with Paul
Henriksen, the Managing Director
of Mediatec Broadcast and Kenneth
Paterson, the Managing Director of
Mediatec Solutions, along with both
of their teams, to continue to expand
their business."
Mediatec offers solutions for outside
broadcast, studio production and video

display, including Northern Europe's
largest ﬂeet of new OBs, the world's
largest ﬂeet of LED trucks, as well
as studios and control rooms, postproduction capabilities, wireless and
specialty cameras, and ﬂypacks.
Mediatec Broadcast and Mediatec
Solutions will continue to operate as
separate entities under its current
leadership teams.
Paul Henriksen and Kenneth
Paterson will become members of
NEP's senior management team, and
will also be invested in the company as
shareholders.
Headquartered in Sweden, Mediatec
has ofﬁces in Norway, Denmark,
Finland, Germany, Switzerland and the
United Kingdom.

NEP CEO Kevin Rabbitt

Record Bahia Implements HD News
On Dalet Newsroom Architecture
D

alet Digital Media Systems'
turnkey system, Dalet News Pack,

Record Bahia newsroom

has been implemented to power the
new HD facility at Brazilian TV network
Record Bahia.
"At Record Bahia our mission is
to serve our audience with the best
quality news journalism and the best
quality pictures," said Fabio Tucilho,
Executive Director, Record Bahia.
"Moving to HD was a natural evolution
for us, but we wanted to safeguard our
investment with a solution that would
optimise our operational resources
and afford smart and progressive
workﬂow efﬁciencies.
"Dalet addressed these requirements
by providing us with a single
environment that fully integrates the
NRCS with ingest, production, playout
and archive operations on an open

IT architecture that guarantees costeffective and fully ﬂexible operational
overheads."
The installation features two Dalet
Brio video servers for ingest and
redundant playout; Dalet News Pack
software clients for story creation,
editing, ingest and playout control;
integration with Final Cut craft editors;
and NetApp NAS storage.
The turnkey solution integrates with
Record Bahia's CG and teleprompter
packages.
Based in Salvador, capital of the
state of Bahia, and an afﬁliate of Rede
Record network, one of the largest TV
networks in Brazil, TV Record Bahia
reaches an audience of more than 12
million viewers across 272 cities.
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